CW; pedophila, grooming, suicide, online harassment/stalking

Last update (hopefully): I am so sorry for not replying to all of your helpful and kind comments. All of this has been overwhelming for my whole family as you can imagine. Things are looking brighter.

My daughter has been in a part time inpatient program and she's been enjoying it and has found it extremely helpful. She is also working with a therapist who has put a lot of effort into our situation and is now educated on ths fandom anti stuff. If I'm being honest, I don't believe my own therapist would do this much for me. I'm enterally greatful for him.

Where I feel still I might have failed here, he informed me he believes my daughter is most likely autistic as well. My other daughter is almost polar opposite to her and I feel like I've been incredibly ignorant. Not to mention, I don't think I would have done differently the night everything happened, however, I feel as though I may have jumped the gun in believing she would self harm. I did jump in the gun in that aspect, however, with how erratic she was, I most certainly did make the right choice taking her to patient care.

My daughter is slowly but surely coming to terms with everything that has happened. She's made way faster progress then I expected. In all honesty, I didn't know what to expect and as strong as my daughter is, I assumed the worst but she's been as strong as she always has. She's made a lot of friends at the program she's in and has been able to connect their experiences to her own, especially a girl who suffered from extremely intense religious abuse. I've met her a few times and I don't feel like anyone understands how much I want to thank her.

She's able now to admit the woman who was grooming her was in the wrong and is expressing grief because of what happened regarding her classmate. That's been the hardest part for us in regards to her. We've seen nothing but progress and she feels incredibly bad about how she treated her classmate but even though she's able to emotionally regulate again, there's been a lot of long nights, crying, and her asking how she can make up for what she's done. We really don't have the answers at times.

This may seem silly to some of you, but I think any parent who's been in a similar situation may understand how much this meant to me-

The staff at my rehabilitation program have been incredibly talkative with me in a way I feel doesn't disrespect my daughter or myself. When I went through what I had, my counselor at the time was not much help at all. With everyone at my daughter's care program, if they mentioned something after the day, my daughter will ask if they mentioned it to me.

My daughter had told me after we picked her up yesterday she felt horrible about discussing this sort of thing with her sister after the topic of shame around getting your siblings involved in what you had been through was talked about in group. She had told her group everything and her counselor had suggested my daughters draw together.

Last night they did. Her sister had, within ten minutes, shown her all the sketchbooks she has that are incredibly detailed. She doesn't care much about drawing characters from shows and makes her own, she's created her own little universe. She's very talented. My eldest told her how amazing her story was coming along and drew some of her characters for her. I teared up a lot. Everything felt normal, if not better, for a couple hours. My daughter was so kind to her sister, it was a really amazing. Even our youngest joined in for bit but got bored after awhile, lol. My eldest was still paying full attention, though.

There was moment where her sister had shown characters she had created who were married and one had a similar maiden name to their spouses (My daughter uses very specific names she thinks sounds pretty for her characters. I don't feel comfortable sharing exactly how in case this is something she'd like to write a book for, a show, etc in the future. But they seem very thematic in a way with the endings of alot of them sounding a bit similar.) and I got extremely nervous but my daughter apsolutely did not say a word and said she thought they were cute. I can't even tell you how happy I felt.

My eldest also asked me for a sketchbook, she was very impressed with the drawing she was able to make using my youngest supplies and told me she felt drawing her feelings would be helpful. I don't want anyone to think I'm rewarding her for bad behavior. I feel her getting her something that she enjoys that someone who was abusing her deeply discouraged even though it's something thats encouraged for people to do, even not in her situation who have been through abuse, will be incredibly healing. I ordered her nice markers, a sketchbook, etc. I think vent art is key here.Her drawings were beautiful and I hope to encourage her passion and see her heal through it.

I'm hoping eventually she will be able to join the art therapy sessions at her part time care program. I think it would be very cathartic for her. I'm not sure if she's aware they have it but they do not allow her to participate as of now, understandably. They told me once things improve for a couple months (or possibly sooner) she'll be more than welcome to join and their main concern is her judging others works.

Her classmate's mother has been incredible to us and she considers me a friend at this point, which is beyond me. Her kindness and ability to stay calm in these types of situations is very incredible. I don't make a lot of new friends as I'm very busy but I'm very happy I can consider her one. She's been talking to me almost daily, once we got passed the discomfort, we've gotten very close.

The legal update is what I'm sure everyone is waiting for. I contacted my local FBI branch myself with Classmate's mom after the police had not gotten ahold of us in over a week. We did call them afterwards and they informed us the case was still open. All that aside, the right people ended up having access to our children's accounts, we ended up getting the woman's identity in a week. I know everyone wants information shared here but I'd much rather have her in jail for years than shamed online and have pizza hut delivery sent to her house.

I will give an update if nothing comes of this and she gets a slap on the wrist but I highly doubt it. According to my daughter on the night this began, the woman "sends this stuff to lots of people my age". I was assured the other victims will be contacted. They told me they've seen this type of thing with a case last year.

They told us there's been case that don't involve the fandom stuff they've delt with where groomers will try to be the only "safe adult" and will send minors things to "report" while they themselves are already sex offenders. The grooming tactic of trying to convince a child everyone around them is a groomer for a very arbitrary reason and they are safe is becoming incredibly common now a days. And I urge parents: if you have a small age gap with your spouse, to please be wary of your child starts acting strange about it. If you're an artist and they act very off about certain things you create that are child friendly, be concerned. If you're child calls anything that is normal "creepy" or "predatory" despite it being normal, take their phone. My child showed no warning signs but I can't imagine how parents think their kids are just going through a phase and care about something weird or just dismiss it as a "Gen Z thing" but I am not the only one who's been through this.

If I'm being honest, the only warning sign I saw in hindsight was my middle child not showing me her sketchbook as much. As someone who enjoys painting myself (I began as an adult), I'd never let anyone see my unfinished work, I think alot of people here who have a hobby or profession that requires pre-planning will understand. It was something I instantly began respecting (and still will) as showing unfinished work to others can be very awkward. All it takes is a conversation. With my eldest, I'm hoping her art can become her way of coping.

I've seen some comments on here of other parents being worried, and I don't want to make you all over-paranoid. Please just tell them adults sending them pornography of any kind is unacceptable, regardless of the purpose. Tell them THEY are children and are under no obligation to "protect children" as they are minors themselves and any adult who expects them to help them fight predators IS a predator themseleves. It's an adult job to protect them. In my own research I've seen countless screenshots of children making posts saying "My parents have a small age gap, ew, I can't trust them anymore" and I'm left here terrified, wondering how many of them have been groomed by someone trying to turn them against their parents.

Once again, thank you all for your help and kindness. I figured out this subreddit uses a points system and I'm sorry I missed out on all of getting a point because you all truly deserve one.

I'm using a throwaway because my sister does have me added on here and I feel as though this is my daughter's story to tell if she wishes, not mine; however I am at a complete loss of what to do and I need some advice. I just want to protect our privacy.

I (43F) received a phone call from my eldest daughter's (14) school this morning explaining she was harassing and saying some very accusatory things about another student. She was being suspended and that I needed to speak with them. This was the first time she had ever been in trouble to the point where the principal was involved. I've gotten talks about her being loud in class and that sort of thing by her teachers but nothing like this.

When I arrived, my child was hysterical, screaming about how (This girl, who my daughter was previously friends with and still attends some classes with) is a pedophile and that she should not be the one in trouble. I was confused and slightly panicking, when you hear the words "pedophile" come out of your child's mouth while they're sobbing, it's extremely concerning, regardless of the situation.

I instantly feared that possibly something had happened to my youngest child (9M) considering this girl had hung out at our house a few times when her and my daughter were friends but she was too upset to explain what was happening, it was just crying and mumbling.

After I had tried my best to calm her down, the school's counselor had me and my daughter separated and I was joined by my daughter's classmate's mom and the principal. They had explained to me that my daughter had been harassing and borderline stalking her classmate since they stopped hanging out as much. She had been referring to her as a "pedophile" for "shipping" these animated characters that were 3 years apart in age.

It had now escalated to real life because her classmate was hospitalized for a suicide attempt. Her mother had figured out what was going on, had went to the school today with images of the messages, and posts my daughter was making about her, which also included death threats and suicide encouragement. When my child was called to the office, she began loudly screaming the same sentiments as she posted, causing a massive scene and causing the mother to decide on switching schools.

I was incredibly disturbed, the other girl’s mother was visibly upset but held it together incredibly well. She had full right to scream at me or press charges but didn't. I was almost more hostile and defensive in the beginning than she was because I feared for my son. She told me she knew I had no clue what was going on and that she simply wants her child to feel safe again. That I need to use the time she's suspended to get her help. I agree. I was at a loss for words but in hindsight, I don't understand how she didn't go full mama-bear on me like I would have.

The drive home is when things started to turn even more when it came to my daughter's behavior. She had asked for her cellphone back. And I told her, flat out, no. She, again, was now in hysterics like I had never seen from her until earlier today. She kept begging me for it and saying she did nothing wrong. I

I made us some lunch to try to calm the situation down. I wanted to approach it calmly.

I asked her why she did this and once again told me, being completely serious, "Because (Said girl) is a pedophile". I asked why she felt that way, and straight faced, once again, told me exactly what the principal did. She believed the girl she had been harassing should "Be put in prison" and was a pedophile because she enjoyed art of these characters together depicted as a couple but the police won't do anything so she needed to take it into her own hands.

I asked her if she believes these characters exist. She said no, but had gone on a very long rant about how people drawing art of them "normalizes pedophila" (These characters I believe are 18 and 21) and went into very bizarre detail about different fetishes and "ships" that upset her.

At this point, I was even more worried. I fully understand the internet is a very sexual place but the type of things she was talking about she would have to had to seek out herself or had them discussed with her. I instantly started to worry if something had happened to her and this was her way of coping. It's so out of character for her, it's disturbing.

We are not a "sex negative" household and none of I or my husband's family is either. The topic is something we've taken very great care with to avoid anything bad happening to our children or them feeling shame in adulthood.

I've done everything you're supposed to. I taught my children the proper names for their body parts when they were young, told them if anyone is touching them in their "personal square" (chest to knees) or says things that make them uncomfortable to inform me or their father right away, and explained consent in a way a child would understand. "If you don't want a hug, that's okay. say no and they should respect that." "If someone says no to playing a game with you, you don't force them to play."

When my girl's started puberty I explained that periods, having "feelings", and doing things about those feelings privately is okay and normal. I also explained that once they gets older, if they want to experiment with peers that I wouldn't judge them for it and explained the importance of protection, only doing things if you feel ready, etc.

She got her first smartphone two years ago. I used parental controls and knew which apps she used. When I bought her current one Christmas of last year, I didn't bother to use parental controls when she received it as I had taught her internet safety from an incredibly early age and I believed considering she's turning 15 soon and because of how responsible she had always been when it came to the internet I felt she could be handle it.

I also bought her a Chromebook for school when the pandemic started. She only used it for schoolwork really. Not on it alot. I never tried to intrude on her private conversations with friends, however, I've followed her on Instagram and Facebook. She had grown distant with me for the past year or so and I just assumed it was teenager stuff.

She used to tell me absolutely anything and everything and I was always there to listen the best I could. She's been in therapy since age 12 also because of her depression and she told me it's very helpful for her so I wasn't too worried and her symptoms seemed to lessen. All teenager's get annoyed by their parents at some point and I felt giving her space was important but now alarm bells were going off.

I politely told her we could discuss this later and that I need time to think. She once again asked for her phone back, I declined and asked her to give me her Chromebook for the time being. She, once again, got extremely upset with me and stormed off to her room. I followed and grabbed her Chromebook. She accused me of making her depression worse because she can't talk to her friends now, which is something she's never accused me of and made me feel incredibly guilty but my gut told me absolutely not to return her electronics, I didn't want her doing anything harmful to that girl and I was extremely suspicious by this point.

I told her I would discuss things with her father, that we both need time to cool off, and that I might give them back to her later. I told her to try journaling to vent. She slammed the door. Least of my worries, but once again, not like her.

I felt so bad doing this but I'm incredibly grateful I did. I checked her phone. She has my phone password and I have hers. There was mutual trust that neither of us would snoop or intrude on each other's privacy, it was mostly for emergencies, but at this point I felt no other option. This was an emergency. What I found made this entire situation even worse and I'm getting extremely teary eyed typing this out.

I found out through the principal a lot of this had happened on Twitter, which I wasn't aware she had before then. Her whole account was absolutely frightening to look at. She had her first name, birthday, and age public which doesn't sound like a huge deal at first glance but as I scrolled through her posts I saw Quote Tweets of drawings, some innocent and alot of porn, she made thousands of them, telling these people to die, calling them pedophiles, groomers, disgusting, etc. Similar sentiments she was making towards her former friend.

I was horrified, none her age should be reposting content like that or be involved in communities like that, especially while sharing private information. Not to mention, the obsessive harassment. Some of the art I found rather disturbing myself but these people have 18+ in bios for a reason.

Some of the worst in regards to harassment I saw had to do with this game she plays called "Cookie Run" in which she would reply, calling people (Some being clearly younger than her) horrible names for drawing GingerBread cookies holding hands because she had decided one of the cookies was a minor and another was an adult or that they were related. See what I'm getting at? She almost seems to have a fixation on incest and pedophila and has been seeing it in everything for like the past five months. Dear Lord, I'm scared.

It gets worse, I ended up going through her direct messages and saw she gave a lot of people her Discord, which I knew she had and saw her using it while playing Minecraft with her friend's many times.

I checked out the app and she was in this server that, from what I gather, is run by someone claiming to be a 24 year old woman. She would frequently discuss the type of things my daughter was saying, she also was sending links to pornography posted to twitter. Mostly animated, some being of real women who she claimed were "minor coded" (Which is a term I still don't fully understand but my daughter was using over and over again) and that they should not be allowed to be sexually active.

She would encourage the server, that, from what I saw, was almost entirely made up of minors to go harass those people. Even in some cases try to find out their personal information which she claimed she was "Sending to law enforcement" but in a sarcastic way gave them the go-ahead to post it publicly. I think you should have an idea of why I am so disturbed now.

I found pictures my child took at school of the girl I mentioned as well, dozens of them. They'd all make fun of her which would go from typical teenage bullying to extreme threats of violence and making comments about how she is "probably molesting her sister." The adult in the server even asked for more photos of her and told my daughter violent acts she should do to her The way this woman typed almost made them sound like fantasies. Very disturbing.

She's seen my daughter's face and many of the other minors, some even younger than my daughters because they would do "Face reveals" . I tried to reverse search the image of the woman and found absolutely nothing, so I assume it's a real image. She also would discuss sexual things with my daughter and these other children.

They'd talk about the "Non harmful" fetishes they have. Her sending them porn is damming enough and I'm furious but the other ways she'd speak with them was frightening, asking about their sexual preferences, discussing fetishes, and framing herself as a "Safe adult" who can be trusted and act as if her sending pornographic images to children is fine because they're helping fight "pedophiles", Who, from what I saw, mostly just seem like normal, I'll be it, some more adventurous then others, adult's. And some are just kids having fun and being creative, making innocent drawings.

I'm not giving my daughter anything back as I'm heading to the police station tomorrow with all her electronics and filing a report. I was smart enough to not delete or report any of the messages as I want this woman to seek jail time. I'm calling her classmate's mother to join me as this concerns her child as well. My husband is just as enraged as I am. He was much more stern with her than me. She freaked out on us completely, told us that the woman she was speaking with wasn't being creepy towards her.

She even ended up calling her father a "Pedophile enabler" for saying an adult should not be sending her porn or talking to her like that. Which, by the way, is also what this Discord group referred to anyone who was "clean" enough for their standards but disagreed with them for obvious reasons.

For God's sake, I feel like my child has been indoctrinated into some weird "anti pedophila" cult. Her behavior has completely changed over the span of two hours, I found out she tried pushing a classmate into suicide over drawings of cartoon characters kissing, and has been being groomed for months. I feel like I'm in a nightmare and fever dream at the same time.

I don't even know what to do in regards to my daughter yet. I haven't told her I'm filing a police report yet and she's been almost in a manic state all night. The rest of my children are terrified.

My other daughter (13) who has autism and a special interest in art, has told me that her sister has told her about some of this stuff before and she really didn't understand it but said she was really shy about showing her sister any of her drawings in case she got mad because she didn't know "What the rules were".

My son hopefully knows nothing but he's shaken up because of all the screaming. My husband has taken them to McDonald's and their grandparent's house for the night. They were kind enough to take them in this late and when I explained our eldest was having a mental health related emergency, she didn't question me further which I appreciate.

I'm home with my daughter. She ended up asking for a hug at one point. Her moods are swinging very rapidly. I don't know if she'll be able to sleep tonight. I probably wouldn't be able to anyways.

I feel like my whole life has been turned upside down because of this disgusting woman grooming my baby into whatever disgusting, evil, little group she's running. My daughter is not completely innocent and I'm disgusted and disappointed by her behavior but how can I not blame this woman for slowly encouraging it for a year? And quite frankly, sexually grooming her?

I'm sure I'm at fault here to some degree but my daughter has never acted this way, she's not a violent person, Her sister and her were very close as well. She's always been a gentle soul. The only time she'd ever raise her voice was to protect her sister when she'd be bullied. The only significant bad thing to happen during her childhood was when her grandfather passed away when she was 8. She was quite sad about it for a couple months, but nothing else traumatizing.

Aside from that, we've been a decently well off, loving, family and I'm always there and have the time to give them as much attention as they've needed over the years, at least I hope so.

I thought I taught her how to avoid predators like this. I thought I went above and beyond. I'm a victim of pedophila myself so I made sure to be extra careful in teaching them how to keep themselves safe. I feel like a failure as a mother. I don't know who to turn to.

Where did I go wrong and What else should I do? I've been debating on taking her to the hospital but she's in the living room writing as of right now. This is the calmest she's been in hours but I'm worried for her safety, I almost don't want to leave her alone because of how erratic she's been acting tonight.

She's calmed down about her phone, I think her main concern was us seeing the messages. Since we already have, now it's a mix between her crying because she feels her life is ruined (Which she said while she hugged me and I think her way of saying "I know that woman was in the wrong'') And her screaming at us for being "Pedophile enablers"

And she's made comments that she's going to call the police on us for "holding her hostage" after we locked up all the sharp objects in the house inside the basement kitchen. She's not locked in a room, she's just not allowed in the extra little kitchen nook downstairs, there's barely used and only has sodas in it right now.

She's never self harmed before but I quite frankly don't know what to expect. Any feedback or advice would be appreciated.

Update:

I can't put into words how much I appreciate all of your kind words and amazing advice I've received. I will try to reply to everyone very soon.

I have come to the conclusion after calming down a bit that my daughter fully feels as though she's doing a good thing. I planned on seeking more help for her regradless but after night I'm truly realizing how mentally ill she has become, I still can't pin point a reason but I don't really need to, my job is to find her someone who can.

She has woke up and the three of us have agreed we are going to the emergency room. I've done a bit of research and from what I've found out, they cannot take her anywhere without my consent, which was my main concern. I use Reddit a fair bit and have seen the stories so I think I think you understand my hesitation when it comes to mental health care facilities for young people.

The other girl involved in this's father works odd hours and he touched bases with me. We plan on gathering evidence (As some of the death threats were sent by the woman grooming my child to there's) and reporting everything to local police and sending all the info we can collect to that CyberTip website. I'm hoping to find more places to report this too as well.

I've also been trying to do research in my spare time to figure more out about what's been going on. I'm getting old, never was big into fan bases when I was teen myself but it seems like my child and the other girl involved are not the only one's who been through this sort of situation, grooming and harassment alike. It's heartbreaking to hear, I would not wish this on anybody.

If the emergency room can't do much, I plan on contacting a children and families service. She clearly does not trust her therapist and as some of you have said "This is above Reddit pay grade" I believe this is above her therapist's as well.

I would like to apologize to everyone for coming on here. I've come to Reddit for other, more mild, parenting advice and from my own experience as a victim, it being discussed with my entire family was very hard on me. I had no where else to go and you all went above and beyond with help.

Once again, I appreciate everything and I will be replying soon. I hope you all have a lovely day or night.

Update 2;

It's been a long day but I feel like we've made a lot of head way. Thanks to alot of your advice, I feel like we've made a lot of progress.

We ended up leaving the emergency room. The receptionist had asked us when we tried checking if she was suicidal or trying to harm herself or others. At the moment, she was not. I tried to my best to explain the situation and they essentially told us we'd be needing to wait awhile or we should contact a primary doctor or therapist.

While we waited for almost an hour, I had read through alot of the mix of comments and hearing a lot of you guy's traumatic experiences, which, I can't tell you all how sorry I am you had to experience that, I made the decision to leave and we went to a Patient Care center instead.

Someone had commented a very helpful link in regards to speaking with a "brainwashed person" and it improved my husband and I's communication extremely. My daughter was beginning to express feelings of confusion in regards to feelings about all of this in general. She agreed she needs medical attention as she felt almost as if she was out of control last night and described herself as feeling miserable.

She also did end up apologizing to us and told us that "it isn't our fault we don't understand." I do view this as a form of progress on some level.

Patient Care was a life saver. I was alot more clear headed and I believe I might have explained myself to the staff much better. We had to wait an extremely long time because they wanted my daughter and I to meet up with a doctor on staff who had some training in phycology. I was only able to speak with the doctor privately for around five minutes and I tried to explain everything that was going on and everything I learned.

She had told me she's never heard her of the whole "anti" related stuff but did reassure me I was not over reacting and gave me many many resources on part time care facilities, some of which specialize in sexual abuse and cult like abuse, she informed me one of them is also very accommodating in regards to patients dealing with psychotic episodes.

My daughter joined us again and she then asked if I was reporting. My daughter looked incredibly scared and mad when I said yes but her facial expression almost looked like one of relief after awhile. She hasn't brought it up since.

Where I might have messed up was, I kept her phone on, and made sure it was charged. By the time morning came, everyone seemed suspicious on that sever and the woman seemed rather frantic about removing messages and my daughter's account from the server. I, pretending to be my daughter, had sent a reply saying I just wasnt in the mood in the talk right now and that I got grounded. They bought it. I'm only worried if that will mess up any investigation or not.

A police officer showed up and we all gave testimonies. My daughter, wasn't very talkative I assume. The officer had told me this will likely go to a federal level after I had shown him some of the messages. I was told they would contact me farther and asked for her classmate's information as well to take the their testimonies. Luckily, they had saved a large chuck of the harassment she had received had been screen shot. I had called ahead of time to inform them and her mother said she'd be gathering information.

The police and staff at Patient Care suggested getting a case worker for our daughter and I feel it's the best option. I'm not sure if any blow ups like that will continue and I don't want my other children to have to go through that again.

We all ended up visiting my in laws. The kids have had sleepovers there many times so they weren't too startled but were very happy to see their sister was okay and her grandparents were as well.

I had a bit of a talk with my younger daughter because I wanted to make sure she wasn't impacted too poorly by things her sister had told her, luckily she wasn't. I assured her, there are no rules to her creativity as long as she keeps everything she posts PG, at least until she's older, which made her laugh and call me gross. First time I've smiled since this all began.

My daughter, husband, and I are currently at home and I'm making dinner. My husband searched her room pretty heavily to make sure she didn't have any electronics she can contact people on so no worries there. I'm about to prepare a late dinner. I will try to get to all comments and direct messages soon but the sheer number of them is quite overwhelming. I have read and appreciate all of them aside from a few trolls, a big shout out to the people younger than myself who did there best to educate me on this whole fandom drama stuff.

I seriously cannot thank you guys enough. I was so lost and you all gave a complete stranger so much support and kindness. My faith in humanity has definitely been resorted a bit after I had lost some.

Just to answer a few common questions I've been receiving if can't gather the energy to reply:

"Does your eldest have autism?": My eldest has never been tested for autism but I am curious if this is a possibility. My middle child received her diagnosis mostly because of how intense her sensory issues are but I know boys are diagnosed with it alot more. I might do some more research and brush up on my knowledge as I really only know how my daughter's autism effects her and how to help her with it, I don't understand the experience of anyone else besides a basic "Signs" list. Everyone's mind works differently and that applies autistic people as well.

"Does your child know about your truama?": No, I've never told her. She apsolutely has known what predators are since I felt she was old enough to not call them "Bad people" anymore so she was educated on what on one actually is (An adult who preys on children) I had explicitly told her when she was old enough to sign up for Instagram that if people send her anything inappropriate to inform me or her father and block them. I didn't want my children to bare that information about myself, it's between me and my therapist. It's not their jobs to be sad because something bad happened to me as a kid.

"Do you think there's more truama she'd had you could be unaware of?": There's always that possibly, even if none of this happened as every victim responds differently and not every kid shows warning signs. There's always a chance this is also a maladaptive coping mechanism for her to deal with something else that slid past me. I deeply hope not but if that's the case I hope she feels comfortable telling me and more importantly, the professionals we plan on finding her.

"This reminds me of QAnon": Me as well, only a predatory version. From what I gather not everyone in these communities is a child groomer or are the types to send death threats, however, it seems like a lot of them are. Since gaining a lot of this insight, I hope this doesn't just stay in fanbase communities anymore and other parents can stay vigilant, especially if they hear their children discussing these sorts of topics alot.

"Please make sure to contact the FBI": I definitely plan on it if this police investigation goes no where and I'm not allowing them access to my daughter's electronic devices unless I am positive they are actually working with my local FBI office or a child cyber crimes unit of some kind. It feels as like so incredibly easy to track this woman down if the right people are involved.